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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-09
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From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
A few days ago certain member of
Congress-his identity is immaterial-
took part in the long and short haul
discussion. 81 feel it my duty" he
said, "to vote for this measure. "
The alert correspondent of a San
francisco paper telegraphed this ut
terance, adding in parenthesis after
the word measure the words "long
and short haul" But either through
the cussednese" of the wires or the
superior wisdom OF the proof-reader,
the sentence was printed as follows:
" feel it my duty to vote for this
measure. Long and short howls."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-09

Farm-Notes.
=. The ingredients of commercial fer
tilizers upon which both their agricult.
ural and commercial value depend
are nitrogen, phosporic acid and
potash. Sulphuric acid and lime are
also always present in superphosphate
IN the shape of plaster.
WILL TELL, in the Concord, N. a..
Patriot, makes an account of making
u new breed of sheep of value by cross
Ing q Leicester ram on MerinO ewes
La sixteen years he claims to have es
tablished q breed. In-breeding did
not secure this result, but by the use
of 'sa pure blooded RAM" that, is, one
with a quarter each of Merino blood
Southdown, Leicester and g. loca
breed known as the "Plummer Kill
torn," he succeeded in fixing q uni
form type.
MIX your cooked food once a day
fresh. Do noe give the poultry soured
Mccullough and stale messes. Corn
Is best fed cracked. Take the cracked
corn as it comes from the miller, and
slit 1t through q coarse sieve. This
gives all the fine mealy parts that are
left IN the preparation separate from
the larger Or coarser particles. This
meal we scald; the other we feed out
dry. 1t is excellent for chickens, and
is much better for adult fowls than
whole corn, as it is easier digested, and
they eat it more slowly.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Country
Gentleman says: "Of course no one
ought to own a kicking COW, but il
any OF your readers are so unfortun.
ate as to own such an animal, q meth
cd OF quoting her, which may be as
new to them BIS it was to me, will per.
haps be Of interest. 1t Is simply to
put a strap In her mouth, buckling it
tightly behind her horns. A hame.
strap does very we'll. I tried this on
a kicker, and not only did she not at.
tempt to kick, but stood quietly in
the yard to be MIXED, a thing she was
never known to do before"
IF well laid, stone drain should
last as long as one of tile. If a consid.
cradle amount of stone is used and
there is good outlet stone drain
will never fill up so that some water
will not pass through it. Too great a
fall or too large an amount of water
are each apt to displace stones. Hence
attempts to make the stone in the
form Of an arch often fail. One side
or the other is liable to be displaced,
and presently a stone is pushed into
the channel Earth accumulates
around this and the efficiency of the
drain is impaired. Tile set in ditch
just wide enough to receive it cannot
easily be displaced.
OWING to the high price of phos-
pilates most farmers who use it mix it
with something cheaper to make a
small quantity go father and distri-
butte evenly III the drill. Wood ashes,
says the Scientific American, are
among the best substances for this
purpose. They neutralize the excess
OF acid which makes phosphate moist
and sticky. They scour and make
bright the bottom of the fertilizer box,
provided they are used dry. But
wherever ashes are used the drill
must be cleansed thoroughly every
night, as they draw moisture and
cause iron to rust.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-09
THE ME SAGE OF THE SEASONS.

Twas Winter when we babe goodbye.
The air was chill and bleak the sky;
And oh our hearts more chill and bleak,
Throbbed the farewell we scarce could speak.
Since then how slow have Seasons dragged!
Springs fingered and the Autumns Jagged;
Drear Winters cold, flushed Summers heat
Would that to us they seemed more feet
But. dear one, we shall meet again,
Sad Seasons will have vanished then;
And all the Year good gifts shall bring,
And life will be glad, bright Spring.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-09
Winter Made Butter.

It is possible to make as good win
ter butter as can be made at any sea-
son il food and other conditions are
all right. If it lacks in color, the de-
feet may be remedied by feeding roots
with Indian corn meal. The flavor OF
butter in winter is affected by the
poor quality of hay often fed to the
COWS. The best is reserved for horses,
while the cow has been given what has
been stained or otherwise Injured by
exposure. Cornstalks make generally
better butter than timothy or clover
uay. The finest flavor is impaired by
sweet-scented vernal grass, some seed
OF which should be sown with all seed
ings intended for COWS, either as
pasture or for hay.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-09
Bean Straw for Cattle.

Where beans are grown and sheep
are not kept to eat the straw in win
ter the latter is usually considered OF
little value. Other stock do not eat
it readily any more than they willeat
beans. But if given to cattle in small
quantities when hungry, following with
other food, they soon learn to like it
very much. To stock used to it, we'll
cured bean straw is nearly as valuable
as hay, and will be eaten closer than
cornstalks, besides being more nutri-
tious. It has more albuminous mat
ter than any other kind of straw,
and makes q manure rich in nitrogen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-09
Care of Horses Feet.

In winter and spring horses that
work outdoors should have their legs
thoroughly cleaned every night. If
they do not receive this care they will
probably suffer from sore heels, g.
disease showing that closing the pores
of the skin has poisoned the blood,
and which, like blood poisoning in
human beings, is much more easily
prevented than cured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-09
Important.

When you visit or leave New York CITY
save baggage, expressage and So carriage
hire. and stop at the GRAND UNION HO
TEL. opposite Grand Central Depot.
Six hundred and thirteen rooms, fitted
up at cost OF one million dollars, 81 and
upwards per day. European plan. Ele.
xator. Restaurant supplied with the best.
Horse cars, stages and elevated railroads
to all depots. Families can live better FOR
less money at the Grand Union Hotel than
at any other first-class hotel in the city
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-09

Cattle or sheep allowed free access
to straw-stacks will eat their way far
towards the center, beginning on the
side next to the straw-carrier, where
there is the greatest proportion OF
chaff. This makes 81 comfortable re-
treat for animals in severe weather,
but late in the season some care
should be taken to prevent them from
being buried alive by the falling in OF
the stack. 1t is often good plan to
leave the run without change, and OBJ
viate the danger by taking off the top
of the straw-stack, and either putting
it in the barn or scattering it around
the yard to prevent waste of scatter
ing manure.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-09
Securing Clean Seed.

With little care and inquiry among
farmers in winter it is generally easy
to get seed free from foul stuff for
spring sowing. Every farmer owes it
to himself to SOW only pure seed, for
only by 80 doing can he have any
hope of harvesting good crop. There
is also some advantage in getting seed
away from the farm where it is to be
sown, rather than that grown on the
farm itself. A change of soil, especial
" from a lighter to heavier one, gen.
orally improves the quality of the
product.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-09

THE business of exporting apples is
increasing. Two years ago 100000
barrels were shipped from this port;
in 1885, 100000 barrels, and last
year 349, 900 barrels.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-09
MRS EMILY p EWJNG nj

MRS. EMILY p. EWING, of Iowa, has
consented to assume charge of the de-
partment of domestic economy to be
established at Purdue University, La
fayette, Ind, and will commence du-
ties as soon as she fills her present
lecture engagements.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-09

MRS. J. ELLEN FOSTER, of Iowa, is
to deliver series of five lectures in
leading Philadelphia churches, begin
ming on January %, under the aus
pices of the First Young Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-09

Ii it's owner concentrates labor, time
and manure on his worst land he can
only do it by neglect of his best, from
which alone he is sure of profit.
There Is g. reason for the neglect of cul-
tlvation OF fields that have been ready
for the plow a long time, and it is
usually found in the fact that expe.
rience has proved that it does not pay.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-09

Three months had passed away,
when he nearly ran against g. little wo-
man, who looked up in his face with a
sardonic smile.
'Your eyesight is not SO good in the
city, Mr.. Griggs. You don't know me
here"
"Rachel Miss Hart, I have been
looking for you everywhere. II,
where do you liver"
She hesitated moment, then said,
shortly: "Come and see." And turn.
ing, led the way through narrow
streets, reeking with filth and teemine
with a wretched population, up a
flight OF broken stairs, into a dlngy
little room, whose only redeeming
feature was it's perfect cleanliness.
"Will you be seated, Mr.. Griggs %
she asked, with scornful smile.
"Now that you know my residence, ]
trust to have the pleasure of seeing
you frequently"
"And you live in this den?" asked
Solomon, needless OF her sarcasm.
Chow do you support YOURSELF"
"By my needle.'
"And how much does it take to keep
up this magnificent style OF living?"
"By unremitting exertion lean earn
two dollars week"
"Great heavens! why didn't you
come to me?"
"For two excellent reasons: First
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-06-30

t6e dopols, ~ ! whiliwInt a heS1n ~
'bnss stas1s up - once ard addh - ths -
dtsmsnk while nom the south another ~
peocsslcn Of swift-nying wheels brinQ back
The people nom the great raoe track q Mon
mouth Park. Fourin-hand, tandem teams,
skeleton sulkies, victorias, barouchss, horss-
back riders, immense hotel stages I'll rumble
along together, and among the riders one
sees little world Of famous millionaires,
actors, actresses, brokers, gambler, lawyers,
pusilists and wealthy idlsn. From then
until midnight Long Branch b gay and
lively place. The great pariors are filed
with dancing parties; the half.lightsd streets
are paced by lingering couples Of happy
victims Of Cupid's shafts; the billiard and
bowling-rooms are crowded with players;
the balconies are literally packed with men
and women resting in the cool night air the
restaurants and dining-rooms Qn one Of
which 500 persons are seated every dinner
Hme) are brilliantly lighted and busy, end
Long Branch is herself.
The only mention Of bathing in this article
was incidental to description of Mr..
Hoey's new resort, Hollywood. That was an
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-06-30

and a-halps time, and 80 cents passage
money, of the metropolis, opened the place
to the masses second, that the strict enforce
ment of anti-gambling laws in New York
State made Long Branch especially attract
i've to the wicked, because it is the only near
watering place outside the State, and what
ever the laws are they are not enforced there.
There was and is no such thing as killing
Long Branch. We shall see why presently.
Therefore the change that has taken place
and transformed it from the Summer Capital
of Government to the Summer Capital of
Sporting simply had the effect of driving the
rich and respectable out of the hotels of the
cid part Of the town into cottages of their
own in new part. The consequence il that
iti now the most varied, mixed, strongly con-
trasted and in all probability the most en-
tertaining seacoast resort in the country. II
is like Saratoga in the variety of its attrac-
tions, and when it has few more stores and
the new ultra-fashionable hotel that is pro-
jected It will outrival Saratoga in all that
now makes ''the spFinss" the metropolis Of
summer resorts.
Long Branch hes two grand qualities that
make It superior TO ell the other coast rs-
sors. In the Hrst placs Il b on the edge Of
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-06-30
THE HEATED SEASON,
A Few Remarks Apropos Of the Melting
and Sticky Weather.

A Few Remarks Apropos Of the Melting
and Sticky Weather.
When these lines meet the eyes of our
readers the season will be sufficiently ad-
vanced to justify them in discussing the
warm weather.
In fact, it is not bit too early right now
in his hat to ward off sunstroke The dog
day weather, which sticketh closer than a
brother, is at hand.
Various explanations are given for the
unprecedented heat which people complain
of year after year. The fiend who asked
was cold enough for you now bobbeth
serenely up and wants to know, "a this hot
enough for your" It is useless to shoot
him with bird shot. Nothing short of q
cannon will make dent in him. To avoid
hearing that dreadful question man would
be justified in wearing ear-muffs in July.
The best description of extreme warm
weather was given by lady at a watering
place. 1t seemed to her as if breaths were
sold at auction and everybody was able to
outbid you.
Still there are compensations. Your wife,
ifyou have one, never hints about sealskin
sacque. You feel under obligations to the
man who gives you freezing reception, and
even the, at other times exasperating "cOld,
dull stare" is cause for gratitude. The man
who wants soft thing at this season need
only ask for the butter
This is the season when the humorous
friend comes hurriedly into the sanctum and
tells the editor that the sun was SO hot yester-
day that cake of ice which the icerpan was
taking into store caught fire while he was
crossing the sidewalk. He says, too, that he
has observed q decline in paper collars,
especially of the stand-up variety. And yet
such people are never sunstruck How
mysterious are the ways of Providence. He
is usually the identical visitor who, having
left the door open after him all winter, now
carefully closes it.-Tszas Siftings
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-06-30

svels n 1olunt q - 49, ~ r61ln
~ inteGaaoGd Win tuadD exo>1lod only s. ~
suburbs Of Belllmcgs aad 0hlooso In III
hes perpetual strength fbe Ione Branch h
hat and In the ~ brosso. OF ccurse eveRy
beach boasts Of IT. breeses and really poesesso
them-cooling, rsviving, tonic winds that
make the wilted, halfsufIocatsd, perspirins
slaves Of our cities become Hike new men and
women once they feel old Neptune tanning
them. But lovers Of Long Branch claim for
that beach . stronger. cooler and more regu-
lar breeze than any other resort enjoys-a
vigorous, sustained, refrigerated wind that
does not fail to stiffen the flags and start the
awnings Tapping every afternoon before four
o'clock Just in time to meet the first train
loads Of men quitting the oven-liks city
and to make them vow, as they feel Il raise
their falling strength, that ''the Branch" has
Got monopoly Of cool air.
II You have not been at Long Branch ct
Just that time, to zee the wizard effect Of that
ocean breeze, fear you will scarcely believe
the truth about 1t. But let's lead up to Il -
climax by viewing the place as IL is before
the breeze electrifies It. Two sleepy little
villages lie doing in the sun, one the upper
pole," the other the clover pole" so-called
from the fiagstafis that used to rise out Of
their midst. From these the main road leads
to the beach, the bluff and the hotels. The
avenue on the bluff is q red road, 20 strongly
is the earth impregnated with iron. A few
tennis-players move languidly on the lawns
In the cool shadows of the hotels and men
and women. are lolling on the shaded bal
comics and porches, but out in the sun
scarcely anything of life Is moving Now
and then stage rolls along the road or an
excursion steamer discharges black multi
tude of idlers. who are instantly lost IN the
beer gardens and pavilions on and near the
pier, or descend to the beach and crowd in
the cool shadow Of the great iron wharf. If
you take stage and ride past one after
another Of the dozen great caravanseries that
face the sea you will realize that Long Branch
ID great place, capable Of entertaining
mighty host, but you will imagine it host
Of sleepers or deserters. At the West End
Hotel, the last and finest Of the hotels Of old
Long Branch. the road will turn and you
will pass half around the great hotel to
another avenue parallel with the sea, and
beginning with magnificent cottage sur
rounded by inviting awnings, mighty tropic
plants and beautiful native flowers. This,
you will be told, il Phil. Daly's gambling
house-they make no bones of these things
there. Then your journey will take you
along an avenue as different from the one in
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-06-30
BUYING A BONNET.
The Clever Way in Which Mrs. Film an
the Milliner Got Ahead Of Film.

The Clever Way in Which Mrs. Film and
the Milliner Got Ahead Of Film.
:Did tell you," asked Fogg, show Mrs.
Film got ahead of Billy2 No? Then l
must tell you. You see that Billy and his
wife had had . good deal of talk about
shopping. Billy said woman didn't know
any more about laying out money than q
hen. Billy's wife is quiet sort O. woman,
not bit given to wrangling, and 20 she
sald
Billy, I'm going to buy bonnet this
afternoon. If it isn't too much trouble can't
you 90 to the milliner's with me and give
"Weli, Billy fixed himself and trotted
down with Mrs. Film. The milliner showed
them two bOnnets. One of them was 9
plain, dowdy affair-that's what Mrs. Film
told my wife-and the other was perfectly
lovely SO MFs. f.. Fog n2ss says; nsi.d p,v
"This one, says the milliner, taking up
q pretty one, lis SO, but perhaps you want
something nicer. Now, here's one, Just out,
imported; this can sell for e12-a real bar.
gain. And with that she held up the plain
bonnet.
'Billy looked first at one and then at the
other. Then he whispered to his wife. This
cheap one is good deal handsomer than the
other
"'Do you think 90, dear" asked Nm.
film.
"Of course it is,' said Billy. I'D rather
give twenty for it than five for that other
One.'
"'Would you, dear9 said Mrs. Film.
We'll, just as you say, dear. / should prefer
the e12 one, but if you think the other
There's no comparison between them,'
interrupted Billy. That thing I wouldn't
give e3 for. This ones beauty, and cheap
"The bonnet was band-box and Billy
carried it home, a. proud as peacock at the
big trade he had made And he couldn't
help reminding Mrs. Film every now and
then what q foolish bargain she would have
made il he hadn't been with her.
''Next day Billy came home from the shop
raving, Look herel' he exclaimed That
milliner's cheat. That bonnet, that neat,
pretty one, that we didn't take-you know
I advised you to buy that one-(the lying
rascal)Eis In the window marked a.
!" Is itr asked Mrs. Film. But then
what do we care? You said you wouldn't
give Is for it; you know that you would
rather give e25 for the other one.'
"Billy hadn't . word to say. But my
wife says: How he would bounce and
gputter II he only knew that Mrs. Film and
the milliner, had it all made up between
them how they'd fool the old fellow i"-
Bost0M 1ranscrfpt.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-06-30

Intentional slight to fascinating diversion,
for there is very little sea-bathing ut Long
Branch. What all the reasons are don't
know, but an important one is that the sea
has advanced so far against and into the bluR
that 1t is not profitable to provide good bath
houses, and only the shabbisst, cheapest
boxes are to be had. These the sea wrecks
now and then. Another thing Ii that tile
beach inclines steeply and the water is very
deep and boiste"ous. With the old bath
boxes naturally 60 the conventional, homely
and uncomfortable blue flannel suits Of yore,
20 that bathing has many disadvantages. Of
course, hundreds bathe every morning, but
most persons do not and the bathing ID not
picturesque. At Hollywood the very reverse
Ii true. There is good beach there, and the
rich bellies and handsome young men bring
their own water costumes and devote much
time to bathing. Aphrodite herself never
graced the sea with more enchanting lowell
ness than do some of these pretty maidens
ct Hollywood with their especially designed
and perfectly lifted suits of colored flannels
jauntily shaped and often richly ornamented
with braid, strong lace and pretty bows and
belts. But they bathe privately-out Of the
range of the staring public that masses itself
at the other bathing points.
The last phase Of life at Long Branch IL
left to the last, not because It il unimport
ant, but because 1t is not pleasant to writ.
about. The nearby race track and tn,
readily-reached metropolis, combined with
the non-enforcement of the laws, have
caused Long Branch to be called the Monte
Carlo Of America. Not only were there five
gambling houses, all - open a. the hotels,
most of last summer, but the spirit Of gam
bling pervaded the atmosphere. Printed
''tips'' on the races were hawked in the
hotels, men and women wagered money on
every conceivable chance and winnings and
losses ON the turf and the green cloth were
discussed openly by apparently nearly every
sort of persons. This is more or less 30 now
and always. With this spirit and with the
devotees Of gaming have come to Long
Branch other evils not necessary to name.
Fortunately, the place Is so big and the op-
portunities for enjoyment are 20 varied that
one can pass the time there in undisturbed
innocence as well as anywhere in the world.